Ming Ke: When the villain accidentally mixes into the protagonist group

There was no wind in the room, but the candles were extinguished one by one in a counter-clockwise direction. When the last candle was extinguished, the entire study fell into darkness, and no other sound could be heard except the ticking clock. .

Suddenly, the round table in the middle began to shake, and the body of the psychic medium Mikoto Guangmingji began to tremble violently, with a large range of movements and making a lot of noises.

Noriko Shimizu trembled all over, her breathing rate began to increase, and she closed her eyes. However, the ticking of the clock and the shaking of the table stimulated her nerves, reminding her of a summer ten years ago.

Mitsue Terai's left wrist was pinched by Noriko Shimizu so much that she couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and frowned. She wanted to remind Noriko Shimizu, but she was afraid that her sudden voice would interrupt the séance, so she just pursed her lips. He pursed his lips and bore the pain alone.

Miyano Shiho shrank towards Mingyue, Akai Shuichi was keenly aware of it, and moved the wrist held by Miyano Shiho.

Ming Yue raised the corners of her mouth and gently squeezed Miyano Shiho's wrist. Her index finger happened to be on Miyano Shiho's pulse, feeling the beating of the pulse. Ming Yue knew that Shiho was nervous now and seemed a little scared.

Hehe, Sister Shiho said she was not afraid before~ Ming Yue paid attention to the movement around her, but she felt very happy inside.

Suddenly, a strange little girl's voice came to my ears, as if she was singing a nursery rhyme.

"Red dragonfly in the sunset~ Where are you~ I met you in my childhood~ What day was that..."

Noriko Koshimizu began to sob quietly, director He Yuan frowned, and editor Shigeru Kobayakawa looked around, but couldn't see anything clearly, and his heart was beating wildly in his chest.

Then there was a vague laughter coming from around, which was different from the girl's voice, but more like the voice of a young woman. But neither the little girl's voice nor the woman's laughter belonged to Mikoto Kokoji. Although the sound that came through was very vague, it could still be distinguished.

Suddenly all the sounds disappeared, and there was only the sound of a ticking clock in my ears.

The people gathered around the round table found that the table no longer shook, and Mikoto Mikoto's body stopped shaking.

Just when everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Boom!

There was a muffled sound from the round table, and most of the people were frightened.

Director He Yuan took a deep breath and called out cautiously: "Mikoto Kokoji?"

Boom!Boom!

Two muffled sounds came from the round table.

Xiao Qingshui Noriko was so frightened that she shivered twice again, lowered her head and closed her eyes. Mitsue Terai could clearly feel Koshimizu Noriko's trembling.

Director Heyuan asked softly: "Aren't you Mikoto Guangmingji?"

Boom!

"Who are you? Miss Forever?"

Boom!Boom!

"Mrs. Time?"

Boom!

Maid Mitsue Terai looked at Mikoto Mikoto in the darkness with expectation in her eyes. Although her eyes were used to the darkness, she could not see Mikoto's figure clearly on the other side of the round table. The wide hood covered Mikoto's face. Most of them can't see their expressions clearly at all.

"Are you really madam? Do you still remember me?" Terai Mitsue bit his lower lip, hoping that the other party would respond to her.

Boom!

There was only a muffled sound from the round table.

Mitsue Terai cried with joy, "It turns out that Madam has not forgotten me. I am so happy to see Madam..."

Mingyue looked at Mitsue Terai who was directly opposite. She seemed to be crying, but if she listened carefully, she could hear the sobbing of two people.

Director Heyuan continued to ask: "Mrs. Time, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"

Boom!

After this muffled sound, the study fell into a deathly silence, and the only sound in my ears was the ticking clock.

If one muffled sound means "yes", two means "no". So how do you ask what your wish is? It seems a bit overwhelming.

Terai Mitsue sobbed and said, "Madam, your wish must be related to the lady."

Boom!

Director He Yuan seemed to have thought of a breakthrough and quickly asked: "Is it related to the death of Miss Forever?"

Boom!

"Yes..." Before Director Heyuan finished speaking, a woman's laughter came from the surroundings again. The laughter seemed to be mixed with some intermittent words, but the sound was too blurry and could not be heard clearly.

Mingyue frowned, and her intermittent voice sounded like speaking, but it was more like connecting single tones together, and it had no meaning.

Suddenly, everyone heard the little girl singing again, the sound was far away and near, intermittently.

"Pick up the small basket and come to the mountain~The mulberry trees are as green as the shade~Pick the mulberry fruits and put them in the small basket~Could it be Mengying..."

Director Heyuan swallowed and took two deep breaths, "Are you still Mrs. Time?"

Boom!Boom!

"Mikoto Kokoji?"

Boom!Boom!

"Are you Miss Forever?"

Boom!

Heyuan exhaled slowly and considered his words, "Did you die because of illness?"

Boom!Boom!

Heyuan felt that his palms were sweaty, "Did you die accidentally?"

Boom!Boom!

"Did you commit suicide?"

Boom!Boom!

"Were you killed?"

Boom!

Heyuan stared at Guangmingji Mikoto in the darkness in the distance, took a few deep breaths, and did not dare to continue asking questions.

Mitsue Terai suddenly asked: "Is the person who killed you among us?"

Boom!

After this muffled sound, Mingyue heard several people gasp.

Many things were blurred in the darkness. Mingyue glanced at everyone. Novelist Fukunishi Ryota seemed a little nervous. Koshimizu Noriko lowered her head and couldn't see her expression clearly. Terai Mitsue's face was still covered with tears. Director Kawahara gasped for air. , looking nervous. However, Atsushi Utsumi looked like it had nothing to do with him, and Shigeru Kobayakawa's face was covered with sweat.

"The person who killed you is..."

squeak~

The door to the study room was opened, and the light from the corridor illuminated a small area at the door of the study room. The fortune teller Taichi Nonomiya stood at the door against the light, and the expression on his face was blocked by a shadow, making it difficult to see clearly, but Those cloudy eyes were empty and lifeless, and he kept mumbling: "We will all die, we will all die, she is here for revenge, she is here for revenge..."

Mingyue felt Guangmingji Mikoto tremble, and then trembled violently.

The little girl's singing echoed in the study, "Fifteen-year-old young lady ~ married to a far away place ~ left her hometown for a long time and couldn't return ~ there is little news..."

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Taichi Nonomiya screamed and ran away.

Terai Mitsue seemed a little worried. He stretched his neck and looked outside the study, "Mr. Nonomiya..."

Everyone saw Taichi Nonomiya running up the spiral staircase outside the door, and then there was a heavy door closing sound from the fourth floor. It seemed that he was going back to his room.

"Red dragonfly in the sunset~ Where are you~ Resting on the tip of the bamboo pole~ It's that red dragonfly..." There is still intermittent singing in my ears.

A man roared angrily: "Mikoto! You woman, stop pretending!"

pat.

The light switch in the study room was pressed, and the moment the dim light came on, all sounds disappeared. Kokoji Mikoto lowered her head and sat motionless. Her right hand was holding Mingyue, and her left hand was held by editor Shigeru Kobayakawa.

Kobayakawa Shigeru's face was pale and covered with sweat. When he noticed someone looking over, he quickly let go of Mikoto Kobayashi's hand, wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeves, and said with a slightly embarrassed smile: "Haha, A little hot."

When Shigeru Kobayakawa let go of his hand, Mikoto Kobayakawa fainted on the table. This incident made Shigeru Kobayakawa jump up from the chair and rushed forward to help him in a panic, "Mikoto Kokoji! Mikoto Kobayakawa!"

The novelist Ryota Fukunishi, who had just gone to turn on the light, had his pupils suddenly shrunk and seemed to be frightened. He froze in place and looked at Mikoto Kokoji who was lying on the table with complicated eyes.

Mingyue glanced at her left hand, which was tightly held by Mikoto Kokoji, and moved her wrist slightly.

When Miyano Shiho was about to step forward to check, Mikoto Mikoto suddenly sat up and glanced at everyone, "The ceremony seems to have been interrupted?"

No one dared to answer the phone at this time, and there was only the ticking of clocks around.

Kokoji Mikoto pointed to a cabinet, "I can't remember the rest, but Mrs. Time told me that there is a key in that cabinet."

Mitsue Terai looked at the cabinet and said softly: "There is nothing in that cabinet. It is an empty cabinet. It is the hiding place where Miss Forever played hide and seek when she was a child. Mrs. Time does not allow anything to be placed in that cabinet."

Kobayakawa Shigeru walked over and opened the cabinet door. There was a key in the empty cabinet. He picked it up and showed it to everyone. The key looked very old, with a little rust on it, as if it hadn't been used for a long time.

After the maid Mitsue Terai saw the key, she covered her mouth and exclaimed softly.

Guangmingji Mikoto suddenly stood up and grabbed the key, "Yes, that's the key!" There was excitement in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth almost reached behind her ears, as if she was possessed by something.

Mingyue glanced at the clock hanging in the study room. The hour hand was between 8 and 9, and the minute hand pointed to the number 4.

Suddenly, the lights in the study flickered, and Akai Shuichi quickly pulled Miyano Shiho and Mingyue to his side, paying careful attention to the surrounding movements.

The flickering lights made the eyes very uncomfortable, and many things were blurred in the flickering light. Mingyue simply closed her eyes and listened to the sounds around her.

The spiritual medium Mikoto Komitsuji let out a sinister laugh, which then turned into laughter.

Then everyone saw Mikoto Kokoji walking out of the study in a strange posture and walking up the spiral staircase. Everyone chased them out and saw Mikoto Koguangji walking into Room 10 and closing the door.

Snapped!

There was a soft sound, and the light in the study went out. No matter how hard I flipped the switch, I couldn't get it to light up again.

Xiao Qingshui Noriko sobbed and said, "Let's not be in the study room anymore. It's so dark and scary."

"Hmph, you are still the same as before. You are so timid. That woman from Guangmingji Temple must have set up some kind of trap." The novelist Ryota Fukunishi raised his chin and glanced at everyone, "The seance is over. I'll go back to sleep." ”

Everyone watched Fukunishi Ryota enter room 12.

Kobayakawa Shigeru adjusted the thick-soled glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked at everyone and said, "Should we go to the restaurant to sit? I don't want to go into the study again."

"I'm a little uneasy," Director Heyuan looked at Mingyue and Miyano Shiho, "If you want to sleep, you can just go back and rest. If you are willing to stay and chat, we can chat casually. This is not mandatory for everyone. Arrived.”

Kokimizu Noriko grabbed Terai Mitsue's hand, her eyes were wet, and her voice was slightly pleading, "I don't want to be alone, can we stay together tonight?"

No one replied to Noriko Shimizu. Everyone seemed to have their own thoughts. With heavy steps, everyone came to the restaurant. Fortunately, the lights in the restaurant were normal, and the dim lights relieved people's nervousness a lot.

Terai Mitsue brought the plum soup from before, and everyone said that they were so frightened that they were completely awake and did not need to sober up at all.

Kobayakawa Shigeru cleared his throat and said, "Ms. Terai, if there is any strong liquor, can you give me a drink? I think I really need some liquor to strengthen my courage now."

Mitsue Terai pondered for a while and said: "There should be some wine in the warehouse downstairs, but now I'm a little scared to go down alone. Is anyone willing to accompany me?"

Mingyue said: "Sister Terai, let me go with you."

"No, I was the one who proposed drinking," Kobayakawa Shigeru stood up and continued, "I will accompany you to the warehouse, and please let me pick a bottle of good wine."

Mitsue Terai rubbed his left wrist, "The owner has said that the food and drinks in the restaurant can be used as long as the guests are satisfied."

The two left the restaurant and headed to the warehouse downstairs.

With tears in her eyes, Kokimizu Noriko huddled up on the chair. Because Shuichi Akai had Ming Yue on his left and Miyano Shiho on his right, Noriko Shimizu failed to get close to Shuichi Akai.

Utsumi Atsushi crossed his legs and looked at Akai Shuichi, "Hey, you don't seem to be very scared."

"Because I have two sisters around me, I don't dare to show my timidity. If I get scared, they will tell my girlfriend a story." Shuichi Akai said with a smile.

Director Heyuan looked over and said, "It seems that Mr. Zhuxing is very afraid of his girlfriend."

Akai Shuichi looked at Miyano Shiho with a smile in his eyes, "After all, he is someone who cares, and he will consider the other person's thoughts to some extent."

"Mr. Zhuxing's girlfriend should be very beautiful," Director Heyuan handed over his business card. "If your girlfriend is interested, you can come over and try out. You don't have to have any experience. Amateurs here are also very popular here. Of course Mr. Morohoshi can participate in the show with your girlfriend."

Akai Shuichi took the business card and said, "Thank you, but I don't think she is suitable to appear on camera. So I'm sorry..."

"Hey~ don't be too busy to refuse first, what if your girlfriend wants to do it too?" Director Heyuan glanced at Mingyue next to Akai Shuichi.

Mingyue glanced at the business card and couldn't see anything, but she always felt something was strange. Does this director really make horror movies? Ming Yue was confused.

"Here comes the wine!" Kobayakawa Shigero came over with a bottle of rye whiskey. "I found this bottle of liquor in the warehouse. It looks very good. Miss Terai, there seems to be ice cubes in the refrigerator."

Mingyue glanced at the label on the wine bottle, raised her eyebrows, and looked at Rai next to her. What a coincidence.

After Akai Shuichi saw the bottle of wine, he glanced at Ming Yue beside him, and remembered that on Miyano Shiho's birthday last year, Ming Yue seemed to have organized a bar order to order rye whiskey. Now seeing Mingyue looking eager to try, I can't help but feel a headache. Gin can directly ask the bartender not to give Mingyue, but what about the situation in front of him?

Mitsue Terai gave each of the adults a glass of rye whiskey with ice, and gave the two girls fruit juice.

"Your Majesty, can I have a sip?" Mingyue smiled with crooked eyebrows, and her hand had already reached for the wine in Akai Shuichi's hand.

Akai Shuichi raised his glass high, "You can't drink this."

Mingyue jumped twice and couldn't reach it. "I was obviously allowed to drink the red wine, so why not this. And you can add ice to your glass. Why is there no ice in my juice?" Mingyue shook the glass in her hand. Juice, mouth pouted.

Akai Shuichi noticed that Mitsue Terai's hand seemed to pause, and he pretended to be helpless, "Okay, okay, I'll just give you the ice cubes." After that, he was about to scoop the ice cubes in the wine glass into Ming Yue's juice.

"Mr. Morohoshi, girls will not sleep well if they eat ice cream at night. After all, a warm environment will help them sleep." Mitsue Terai quickly stopped Akai Shuichi's movements.

Akai Hide slipped his hand and the ice cube rolled to the ground.

Mingyue looked at Akai Shuichi with half-moon eyes, "I think you did it on purpose." Then turned to look at Terai Mitsue, "Sister Terai, can you give me a piece of ice?"

"My mother once told me not to drink anything too cold before going to bed, as it will affect my sleep. Miss Terai, can you help me remove the ice cubes?" Noriko Shimizu handed the glass to Mitsue Terai.

Mitsue Terai took the glass and said, "The alcohol concentration of pure rye whiskey is too high. Let me mix some lemonade for you."

"Then I'm sorry to bother you, Miss Terai. Actually, I also want to use alcohol to numb my nerves." Xiao Shimizu Noriko's eyes were dull and she just stared straight at the wine glass.

Terai Mitsue looked at Akai Shuichi, "Mr. Morohoshi, do you still want ice?"

"No need, I'm afraid someone will steal the ice cubes from my cup." Akai Shuichi looked at Mingyue and held the cup in his hand.

"How about lemonade?"

Akai Shuichi shook his head, "Drink some strong alcohol to numb your nerves, and maybe you'll have a good sleep soon."

"Ms. Guangmingji is mysterious. She is not really possessed by a ghost." Kobayakawa Shigeru sighed while drinking wine. There was a trace of flush on his face, as if he was a little drunk.

Utsumi Atsushi echoed: "Who knows?"

Director Heyuan glanced at the spiral staircase outside the restaurant, and seemed to be able to see the locked door of Room 6, "Speaking of which, the old gentleman said that we will all die."

Utsumi Atsushi took a sip of wine and looked at Heyuan, "Do you believe it? Maybe two madmen colluded to deceive us."

"If this is not true, what are those voices about?!" Noriko Shimizu squeezed the wine glass with both hands, her knuckles turning white from the force.

Akai Shuichi held his chin and spoke out his analysis, "There is a player in the study. Go and check it now. You should be able to find something. As for the knocking sound coming from the table, it should be someone knocking on the table."

Noriko Koshimizu looked at Akai Shuichi nervously, "But one of us is holding the other person's hand! No one has hands that can knock on the table."

Akai Shuichi glanced at everyone, "Someone must have let go before we noticed."

Noriko Shimizu lowered her head and thought seriously, "Then who do you think let go? I didn't let go. I grabbed Ms. Terai's hand, and Fukunishi Ryota grabbed my hand. Then Fukunishi Ryota let go. Went to turn on the light, but the table made no sound at that time.”

"Well, I grabbed Mr. Fauci's hand. Mr. Fauci did not knock on the table, but after Mr. Nonomiya appeared, he shook off my hand and turned on the light." Akai Shuichi said.

"I grabbed Mr. Heyuan's hand, and Mr. Heyuan did not knock on the table. And I am sure that Miss Shimizu kept holding my hand until the séance was over." After saying that, Mitsue Terai rolled up the sleeve of his left hand, and his left wrist was a bruise. , "Miss Qingshui must be very scared, so she grabbed me very hard."

Xiao Shimizu Noriko looked apologetic, "I'm sorry, it hurts, I'm sorry."

"it does not matter."

After taking a few deep breaths, Kobayakawa Shigeru said: "I kept holding Mikoto's hand. She was shaking very badly. I was really scared at that time." Kobayakawa Shigeru adjusted his glasses and continued: "I always Without letting go of her hand, I’m pretty sure Mikoto Kokoji didn’t knock on the table.”

Mingyue drank the last sip of juice, "I grabbed my sister's hand, Miss Guangmingji grabbed my hand, and neither of us let go."

Miyano Shiho said: "I grabbed Mr. Morohoshi's hand, and my hand was grabbed by Mingyue. They didn't knock on the table."

Director Heyuan pinched the bridge of his nose, "I heard that no one knocked on the table. Could it be that it is really a ghost?"

Seance map of seance (red is for women, blue is for men, the direction of the arrow indicates who is holding whom.)

Xiao Shimizu Noriko yelled out, with a cry in her voice, "Don't say such terrible things! How did that candle go out? Could it be that we really went back in time and Mrs. Time blew out all the candles? Too much It’s terrible, it’s terrible!”

Miyano Shiho glanced at Ming Yue, Ming Yue winked at Miyano Shiho and said softly: "Shiho-san, don't be afraid."

"Oh~" Miyano Shiho sighed, yawned, and said softly: "Then maybe someone lied."

Kobayakawa Shigeru pushed up his thick-soled glasses and glanced at everyone, "You are the most likely to lie." He pointed at Ming Yue and the others, "Sitting together, Mikoto Mikoto's assistant, it is not impossible to collude to do these things. Yes."

Akai Shuichi said: "Well, your suspicion is reasonable, but we are not the only ones who can do this. Mr. Heyuan and Mr. Utsumi should know each other, and you will also sit together at the seance. Miss Shimizu We also know each other, and Mr. Fauci is Miss Guangmingji’s ex-boyfriend.”

"Indeed, it is possible for Fukunishi Ryota to do this, but Mr. Morohoshi, you grabbed Fukunishi Ryota's hand, and Fukunishi Ryota grabbed Noriko. And in the end, Fukunishi Ryota got up to turn on the light, so he Maybe he let go very early. Noriko, you lied." Kobayakawa Shigeru looked at little Shimizu Noriko.

Noriko Shimizu was very excited, "No! If he let go, I would find out immediately. In that kind of environment, I would definitely scream."

Director Heyuan also looked at Noriko Shimizu, frowning slightly, "Noriko, you are so scared, why are you still here?"

Noriko Shimizu said with a cry: "I don't want to come either, but for work, I have to come."

Kobayakawa Shigeru looked at Director Kawahara, "If you include Fukunishi Ryota, have the four of us been here before? In fact, I felt a sense of familiarity as soon as I stepped here."

"Is there any?" Director Heyuan looked confused.

Shigero Kobayakawa held his chin and thought seriously, "It seems that we actually played here when we were in high school, around this time."

Director Heyuan thought for a moment and then said: "That happened about ten years ago. You should have an impression of the girl we met, Kobayakawa-kun."

"Are you talking about the girl who suddenly fainted? When we met her, she was running in the woods wearing a white dress. Her name seemed to be Gu'e Yong."

Terai Mitsue looked at the two people chatting, "Have you met Miss Forever?"

Director Heyuan said in an uncertain tone: "I must have seen it before. I still remember that I came here to explore after hearing that there were wild boars in the woods. But what happened at that time?"

Kobayakawa Shigeru took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose that was crushed by the glasses. "It's been a long time, and my memory is blurred. I drank some wine, and my brain is not clear enough, so I can't remember."

Xiao Shimizu Noriko held her head and curled up on the chair, "Ah! Ah! Ah! Stop talking, please, stop talking!"

"What's wrong? Why are you shouting suddenly?" Director Heyuan looked confused.

"Noriko, maybe this is fate, allowing us to visit this place again after ten years." Kobayakawa Shigeru put on his glasses again and looked at Koshimizu Noriko.

Xiao Shimizu Noriko gasped, closed her eyes tightly, and covered her ears with her hands.

Mitsue Terai walked to Xiao Shimizu Noriko and said softly: "If you feel uncomfortable, go back to your room and rest first?"

"No, I don't want to be alone, she will come out to punish each of us. Stop talking, stop talking, I beg you."

Utsumi Atsushi glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "Are you still chatting? Forget it, it's getting late. Let's go back and rest." After that, he got up and left.

Mingyue glanced at the clock on the wall. The hour hand pointed to 9 and the minute hand pointed to the number 2.

Mitsue Terai said in a gentle voice: "Miss Shimizu, please go back to the room first. I need to clean it. After all, both Mr. Tondori and the current owner hope that this bell tower can maintain the appearance of Mrs. Time's lifetime."

"No, no, no, I don't dare to be alone, please let me be with you, please. I can help you clean together, don't let me be alone." Xiao Qingshui Noriko's eyes were full of prayer.

Terai Mitsue frowned and could only agree.

Shuichi Akai closed the door of Room 8 and locked it.

Miyano Shiho looked at Morohoshi and asked if he was feeling unwell. Zhu Xingda took out a plastic bag from his collar. The plastic bag was filled with alcohol. "Are you two okay?"

Mingyue shook her head, "Juice is no problem, wine is no problem, the problem is the ice cubes."

"You should explain it." Miyano Shiho put his hands on his hips and looked at Mingyue with his half-moon eyes.

Mingyue shrugged, "I'm really not good at lying. I can't deceive Sister Shiho at all~"

Miyano Shiho took Mingyue and sat down on the bed, "The one who knocked on the table is Mikoto Kokoji. Did you discuss the technique before?"

"There is no discussion, I just don't want to expose her."

Akai Shuichi suddenly asked: "When did she let go?"

"When she was trembling, Kokoji Mikoto changed the right hand that held my left wrist to her left hand. The sound and other things should have been done by Director Kawahara in cooperation with her. Jun Kawahara Saki should have stepped on a switch or something like that under his feet." Mingyue expressed her analysis.

"The mechanism of the candle is relatively simple," Miyano Shiho yawned and continued, "Just cut the candle in the middle, dig out a section of cotton wick, then heat the candles and connect them together, light the candle, and when the candle burns to When there is no place for the wick, it goes out.”

Mingyue nodded and added: "I checked the candle carefully before leaving. The candle should be specially made and very thin. In addition, there is no flowing wind in the room. Calculate the burning time of the candle and cut it at the appropriate place. You can basically control the time it goes out.”

Miyano Shiho continued to write and draw on the paper, "What I care about most is what they said ten years ago. If I remember correctly, two people died ten years ago, one was Gu Er Eternal and the other was A servant’s daughter.”

"The servant's daughter's name was Ibo Noriko. She did die of tetanus. I've seen the medical records. She was stabbed in the calf by a rusty iron nail and died of infection. It was an accident."

"There are too many accidents, so it's not a coincidence." Miyano Shiho looked at Mingyue who was lying on the bed, "How did Gu'e die?"

Mingyue uttered two words, "Suicide."

"Really?"

Mingyue rolled her eyes, "There's no need to lie to you, it's indeed written in the file. But even if it wasn't suicide, Gu'e would never live long. She suffered from aplastic anemia, and the doctor once declared that she wouldn't survive. Twenty years old.”

Akai Shuichi made a bed and sat on it, "Maybe there is another hidden story in this case."

"Did any of them really kill Gu'e Yong?" Miyano Shiho's handsome eyebrows furrowed.

In the mansion outside the clock tower, the housekeeper Ipami was cordially receiving Ireland and Gunda Ikumi. Ireland looked at the clock hanging on the wall. The hour hand pointed between the numbers 9 and 10, and the minute hand pointed at the number 7.

Fireworks bloomed in the dark night sky outside the mansion, but there was only the sound of ticking in the clock tower.

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Preview of the next chapter: Who quietly activated the mechanism, and what kind of murderous intention is hidden in the clock?